Tianyan is the world's largest filled aperture radio telescope. It consists of a fixed 500 m dish constructed in a natural depression in the landscape. Where is located?

Zelenchukskaya, Russia

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Guizhou, China

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Arecibo, Puerto Rico

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The correct option is A Guizhou, China
China has built the world’s largest radio telescope nicknamed Tianyan or the five-hundred-metre aperture spherical radio telescope (FAST).
It is located in the Dawodang depression, a natural basin in Pingtang County in the Guizhou Province, Southwest China.

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